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Crescentic glomerulonephritis and crystals within glomerular capillaries in an AIDS patient treated with foscarnet
P Trolliet1, F Dijoud, L Cotte
1Service de Néphrologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, France.
American Journal of Nephrology
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report on a 28-year-old AIDS patient who developed a rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis while being treated with foscarnet for cytomegalovirus retinitis. Renal biopsy showed crescentic proliferation related to crystals within the glomerular capillaries. The role of foscarnet in this unusual renal syndrome is discussed.